I wonder if you should look at the price of defenders in the UK with a view to importing? Importing a car isnt that expensive, having done it.
It's a shame you didnt ask this question 9 months ago as I sold a 2 year old defender xs with 3000 miles on it. It was perfect in every way. If helpful, it was sold to a specialist dealer for £19k.
I can thoroughly recommend the dealer if you are interested. Known him for years and trust him fully, which i suppose would be key if buying unseen.
You should note that LR will release tbe new defender in a year or so (and it won't be the dc 100!!) so this will effect the prices of the current car; i think that they will go up because i fear the way that LR are going with their current line up will be unattractive to hardcore defender owners.
JH
